Long Sprint Poems
Long Sprint Poems. Below are the most popular long Sprint by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Sprint poems by poem length and keyword.
The emotional, mental and spiritual fallout courtesy Colt GrayThe emotional, mental and spiritual fallout courtesy Colt Gray
Apalachee High School,
located in Winder, Georgia
witnessed an active shooter,
whereby the alleged lone gunman
(actually just a teenager of fourteen years)
killed four people and injured nine more
the latter hospitalized with...
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Categories:
sprint, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 8th
Form:
Free verse
Caregiving Stories ContinuedWounded Sacred Dementia
My last foster care-provider
and -receiver story
is also a sad story
of my last special needs adoption
of bipolar born,
and oppositionally reared,
alcoholism.
My BiPolar Wounded Child
turned an auspicious five
on the day I first saw her,
and promptly rejected...
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Categories:
sprint, caregiving, health, humor, love, parents,
Form:
Political Verse
Calvin"I hope you enjoy this true story. While I'm unable to emulate Hitchcock, the tale reminds me of that great director." ~ The First Grader
In 1965, on a corner lot, four or five children,...
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Categories:
sprint, childhood, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
The Lizard ManIt spread its grizzly legs on the whitewashed wall
Firmly baked in the early summer heat
Spitting perspiration dripping from the white crisps ceiling
While I cling onto a sensational feelings
Night has casted shadows upon night
With images...
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Categories:
sprint, business, character, community, dedication, international, leadership, strength,
Form:
Narrative
Grit and Guts On the Gridiron - 1Mud and leather
dirt and nerve
bloodied laughter
collision to serve,
distance, drive and demolition
battle axe ambition in the wild air
muscle and mind joined in steeled instinct,
a stitched pigskin ball, the grail of the Fall
to fumble it means...
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Categories:
sprint, america, sports, war,
Form:
Epic
The Lay of the Best Man - Part 5The Lay of The Best Man - Part Five
Have you heard about the bespectacled man who wore his glasses to bed?
Because when he awoke mornings his dreams were all blurry in his head.
And what about...
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Categories:
sprint, humanity, men,
Form:
Lay
Chapter 159-- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: Festive Family Time - same day
Date: June 2051
Damian returned to buoyant activities
Out to the front when he saw Ras Madan
Approaching happily straight to
Damian. Damian was thinking
"Waa well I just wanted the family
That lived here."...
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Categories:
sprint, allusion, birth, black love, family,
Form:
Alliteration
The Uninviting FeelingI'm not at all innocent...when you make
me hurt inside
I'm getting over you...but I'm not giving up
completely, though you are not present in
my life
It rips my high hopes into shreds of
worthlessness
I will...
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Categories:
sprint, beautiful
Form:
Free verse
When I Bleed Out In Front Of You
{"Hadn’t you known, or care to acknowledge that I am wholly fond of my life as of right now?
I’m in love with the lighting that shoots and grazes my neighbor's balcony as I sit...
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Categories:
sprint, absence, abuse, addiction, anger, betrayal, deep, devotion,
Form:
Free verse
The Day Murphy Came To TownOne day in early summer Murphy the Irishman came to town,
He rode upon a matted mule , his face was burnt and brown,
The corks that hung from his bushman's hat persuaded flies to keep away,
But...
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Categories:
sprint, humorous,
Form:
Verse
Annual Fair PreparationEvery year our community gets together at the annual church fair. This year they have changed the format with some new events and dropping some of the old events that appeared a little dangerous. How...
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Categories:
sprint, community, games,
Form:
Rhyme
HerMy love for you is brighter than the Sun
My heart is addicted and you are my drug,
I am committed to this like prison but I am not convicted
Because my soul has risen, you are...
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Categories:
sprint, anniversary, beauty, memory, missing you, drug,
Form:
Rhyme
Devotion Poem, Like Snow LeopardsDevotion Poem, Like Snow Leopards
(Written for Jim Eslinger)
Out on one of the Great Plains of Yahweh, It seems
You may have gone on a hunt, or a long searching.
But no matter the reason, in the time...
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Categories:
sprint, christian, husband, imagery, love, wife,
Form:
Free verse
Hiding In Plain SightI had my plan memorized,
and I picked the right time.
I walked into the bank
when there was no line.
I walked up to the teller
and presented a note.
She hadn’t lived my life,
you see,...
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Categories:
sprint, adventure, fantasy, hope, metaphor, poems, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
SwangeThe moon has groaned home;
And soon the shadow’s drum,
Resonates the rhythmic silhouette,
To the ferocious pains of the spine;
Hear the heavy throbs of the drum,
The panting steps of the trumpet,
And the singing sage of the flute.
See...
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Categories:
sprint, 11th grade, abuse, africa,
Form:
Epic
The Scottish Wild Cat Giving Facts of Its LifeI am a big admirer of all large cats, one of my favourites being the Scottish Wild Cat.
It is one of the wildest of all cats and will fight to the death to protect its...
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Categories:
sprint, animal, cat, nature, planet,
Form:
Narrative
a tree in loveA tree in love
By the old road, before it meets a widened way
in a nearby stands two trees close together
we can see they are related
yes, mother and daughter
The mother, although taller, leans...
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Categories:
sprint, age, allah, allusion, anti bullying, cinderella,
Form:
Blank verse
Poem Xxii - ChameleonBlack. White. Blue. Pink. Orange. I'll blend in. Tall, short, cold, warm. I'll blend in. She likes to remain calm, she likes to scream or maybe even lean. I'll blend in. People always playing cautious...
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Categories:
sprint, adventure, girl, lust,
Form:
Free verse
A Midsummer Night's BeachWhen I was a girl, still on the island
I’d sit in the sand
and brood
and revel
in what I thought was utter enlightenment
a teenage rebel
with dime-store refinement
We were all this way, and there is no shame
In the...
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Categories:
sprint, beauty, color, creation, sea, summer, truth, youth,
Form:
Free verse
EntrepreneurIn a sense everything is a seed of it's successor
The universe is change, life is judgement
Those aren't my words, they're a famous author
The rest of these are and what I think he meant
Before you demur...
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Categories:
sprint, books, change, culture, encouraging, inspiration, society, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
Sometimes ISometimes I...sometimes I wish I could combust
burst into flames, spontaneously erupt; magma
Sometimes I...
sometimes I just wish emptily, heavily
I was someone else, something better
but all the wishing I do
there's not a single one that will bother...
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Categories:
sprint, imagery, lost, sorrow, , 8th grade,
Form:
Free verse
Leap of FaithAs the man on the roof, took two steps towards the edge, he was unexpectedly stopped by the sound of a bright and familiar voice, down below.
"I thought you were...
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Categories:
sprint, family, growth, jobs, moving on,
Form:
Narrative
Chasing After An IllusionIt feels like yesterday when I just got off the plane and when I looked around, there was not a drop, sprinkle or shower of rain to be found; the earth was immensely dry and...
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Categories:
sprint, adventure, business, community, confidence, future, giving, health,
Form:
Narrative
Redeeming the TimeTo each of us
Whose origins are from the dust,
An allotment of TIME is freely given
For us to love, to care, and to share.
We know neither quantity nor quality.
TIME has been defined as a period during
Which...
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Categories:
sprint, christian, faith, god, time,
Form:
Rhyme
The Tale of Two Air HeadsI had two cousins Mike and Ike who were air heads that stole
using their slippery butterfingers to snatch up anything in sight.
They thought they were clever smarties, but one crazy night
they were driving and...
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Categories:
sprint, humorous, silly,
Form:
Rhyme